ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.9

This release note provides information on
the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™.
This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and
the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced
to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability.
The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

This
release note provides information on the following:

·Web Content

·AMD Product Support

·Operating systems supported

·New Features

·ATI's Folding@Home

·Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating
System

·Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating
System

·Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating
System

·Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating
System

·Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition

·Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software
Driver

·AMD Customer Care

·Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback

Web Content

The
Catalyst™ software suite 8.9 contains the following:

·Radeon™ display driver 8.53

·Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)

·HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista

·HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)

·Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)

·WDM Driver Install Bundle

·Southbridge/IXP Driver

·Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.9

Caution: The Catalyst™ software
driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center can be downloaded
independently of each other. However, for maximum stability
and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated
from the same Catalyst™ release

Caution: The Catalyst™ Control
Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version
2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, the
Catalyst™ Control Center will not launch properly and the
user will see an error message.

AMD Product Support

The Catalyst™ Vista driver for both the 32bit
and 64bit versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system is
supported on the following ATI Radeon™ products.

AMD
Desktop Product Family Support for both Windows Vista and XP

AMD
Desktop Product Family Support

ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series

ATI Radeon™ X1300 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series

ATI Radeon™ X1050 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series

ATI Radeon™ X850 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 series

ATI Radeon™ X800 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series

ATI Radeon™ X700 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series

ATI Radeon™ X600 series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series

ATI Radeon™ X550 series

ATI Radeon™ X1950 series

ATI Radeon™ X300 series

ATI Radeon™ X1900 series

ATI Radeon™ 9800 series

ATI Radeon™ X1800 series

ATI Radeon™ 9700 series

ATI Radeon™ X1650 series

ATI Radeon™ 9600 series

ATI Radeon™ X1600 series

ATI Radeon™ 9550 series

ATI Radeon™ X1550 series

ATI Radeon™ 9500 series

AMD
Multimedia Family Product Support for both Windows Vista and
XP

AMD
Multimedia Family Product Support

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1900
Series

ATI Theater 600™

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1800
Series

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600
Series

ATI All-in-Wonder™ 2006
Edition

ATI Theater™ 550 PRO

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X800
Series

ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9800
Series

ATI Theater 650™

ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9600
Series

Note: ATI All-in-Wonder™
boards operate with AMD's Windows Vista ready display and capture
drivers under the Windows Vista operating system. However, the
Windows Vista Media Center application does not support TV/Capture
functionality provided by the ATI All-in-Wonder™. TV/Capture functionality
is qualified to function with Snaptream's BeyondTV 4.6 for Windows
Vista. Other third party solutions (such as Arcsoft's Total Media
3) may support TV/Capture with the ATI All-in-Wonder™, but these
applications have not been fully tested by AMD.

AMD
Chipset Product Support

AMD
Chipset Product Support

ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series

ATI Radeon™ X1200 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Series

AMD 580X Series Chipset

ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 Series

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1150
Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2100 Series

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100
Series

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1250
Series

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200
Series

ATI
Radeon™ X1250 Series

AMD
690 Series Chipset

Operating systems supported

The latest version of the Catalyst™ software
suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

·Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)

·Windows XP Professional

·Windows XP Home Edition

·Windows XP Media Center Edition

·Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Note: When installing the
Catalyst™ Vista driver for Windows Vista, the user must logged
on as an Administrator or have Administrator rights in order to
successfully complete the installation of the Catalyst™ Vista driver.

OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Overdrive support for
QUAD CrossFireX configurations. Users can now over-clock each graphics
accelerator’s engine or memory speed when running in QUAD CrossFire configurations
using manual controls or the automated auto-tuning utility.

OpenGL™ 3.0 support - Phase 1

This release of Catalyst™ introduces OpenGL™ 3.0 extension
support. In upcoming Catalyst™ releases AMD will continue to expand its
support for OpenGL 3.0 extensions. The following is a list of supported
extensions in Catalyst 8.9:

·ARB_half_float_pixel

·ARB_draw_instanced

·ARB_instanced_arrays

·EXT_texture_compression_3dc

·EXT_texture_compression_rgtc

·EXT_texture_compression_latc

·EXT_texture_shared_exponent

·EXT_depth_buffer_float

·EXT_gpu_shader4

·ARB_map_buffer_range

ATI's Folding@Home

Folding@Home is a
distributed computing project designed by the Stanford University. The
application performs intensive simulations of protein folding. This simulation
will help researchers uncover how certain diseases develop. Folding@Home
uses distributed computing to simulate protein folding, the workload
is broken up into small work units and distributed across hundreds of
thousands of computers over the internet. You can help find the cure
to many different diseases! To join Folding@Home, follow these steps:

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides
information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software
Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

·Company of Heroes:
Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the
game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-32600

·Quake 4:
Corruption is no longer noticed during the new game introduction • Playing
a Blu-ray DVD title may result in corruption being intermittently noticed
when using certain display resolutions such as 1360x768, 1360x1024, or
1600x1200

·DiRT:
Setting shadows to ultra quadCF no longer results in a performance drop
being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37320

·Assassins
Creed: Brightness and saturation distortion is no longer observed
during game play with ForceAA enabled. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-37327

·Grid:
Enabling CrossFire and starting a new game no longer results in flickering
bands being noticed across the display device. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-37331

·Jericho:
Corruption is no longer noticed when AA is enabled and the in-game option
Advanced Smoothing is enabled. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-37332

·Age
of Conan: Playing the game for a short period of time no longer results
in flickering corruption being noticed. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-37333

·Enabling BOB de-interlacing no longer results in a green line
being noticed on the bottom of the playback window when playing a 1080i
clip. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35895

·Playing certain Blu-Ray DVD titles using the Cyberlink player
no longer result in color corruption being noticed. This issue may be
experienced under the Windows Vista (32 bit version) operating system
when using an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 product

·The Blu-ray DVD movie image no longer fails to rotated when
the player window is drag to an extend monitor which rotated 180 degree.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-37329

·Switching from h.264 to MPEG2 video titles no longer results
in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-37322

·VC1 streams with Interlaced Frame and Slice features no longer
results in picture corruption and flicker in VLD sites. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-37324

·Playing a DVD title using the Windows Media Player no longer
results in the user defined Avivo Video settings failing to be applied.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-37317

·Playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results
in the PowerDVD player failing to respond when DXVA is disabled, closed
captioning is enabled and the user is fast forwarding the DVD title anywhere
from 4x to 32x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37328

·Clicking on the seek slider when playing a DVD title using
the PowerDVD player no longer results in corruption being noticed on
the playback window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37323

·Resuming from power saving mode on a system with an HDMI TV
connected no longer results in the operating system failing to resume.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-37318

·Using a hot-key command to switch between an HDMI display device
and any other display device no longer fails. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-37330

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides
information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software
Suite for Windows XP. These include:

·Lord of the Rings: Return of the King:
Flickering is no longer noticed when changing chapters

·Stranglehold:
Setting the in-game options to 1024x768, and Decals off no longer results
in the game failing to respond after a short period of game play

·World
in Conflict (DX9): Enabling CrossFire no longer results in flashing corruption
and the game intermittently failing to respond. Further details can
be found in topic number 737-37341

·Oblivion:
Setting the display option to 2048X1536 and AA to either 8x or 16x, while
having the in-game options remain at their default values no longer results
in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-37342

·Hellgate London:
Enabling AA to 8x, AF to 16x and setting Mipmap Detail Level to High
Performance, along with AAA set to Performance no longer results in textures
being missing when playing the game 8x. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-37343

·Witcher:
Game corruption is no longer noticed when setting all of the in-game
options to their maximum values and having CrossFire enabled along with
AA set to 16x and AF set to 8x. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-37344

·Spore:
Playing the game in a windowed mode on the secondary display device no
longer results in poor performance being noticed when AA is set to 8x.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-37345

·Company
of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire no longer results in
the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics
options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-35118

·Age
of Conan: The inventory icons may show corruption when playing the
game with CrossFire™ enabled. This issue may also be experienced under
the Windows Vista operating system as well. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-34825

·Catalyst Control Center->Theater Mode->Video Aspect Ratio:
The default settings no longer fail to be restored when clicking on the
Default button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37337

·Setting the display mode to 1080p50 and rebooting the system
no longer results in the display mode failing to be retained

·Cropped text is no longer noticed when changing the language
option and DPI setting from their default values. Further details can
be found in topic number 737-37334

·Setting the language option to Polish no longer results in
the hot-key Ctrl+alt+C being active resolving issues with Polish keyboards.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-37335

·Certain supported languages no longer display cropped text
within the Display Options of the Catalyst Control Center. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-37336

·Resuming from hibernation mode no longer results in the TV
signal failing to be restored. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-37338

·Closed captioning no longer fails under the Windows XP and
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-37339

·The FM seek function under Windows MCE no longer fails to find
radio stations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37340

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Operating
System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this
release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition. These include:

·Momentary screen flicker may intermittently be noticed when
launching or exiting a D3D or OpenGL application. This issue may be experienced
on systems running the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating
system and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 product

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides
information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows
Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

·Call of Duty 4 or Crysis:
Color corruption may be noticed when running the games in full screen
mode with Quad CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-35115

·Crysis:
Playing the game at a display resolution lower than the native display
resolution of a connected 30" display device may result in corruption
being noticed when CrossFire™ is enabled and having the Catalyst™ Control
Center scaling the image to full screen. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-35111

·Hellgate London:
Pressing Alt-Tab to return to the Windows Vista (32 bit version) desktop
while playing the game may intermittently result in a translucent image
of the game appearing on the Windows desktop. This issue may be experienced
on systems containing either an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 or ATI Radeon™
4800 product

·Lost Planet (DX10
version): Some of the in-game display resolutions may fail to be available
when using a CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-35872

·Gears
of War: The game may intermittently fail to respond on systems running
Windows Vista (32 bit version) and containing an ATI 48x0 series of
product when certain having various in-game options set. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-37346

·The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from
an S1 hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can
be found in topic number 737-31146

·An error message may appear when installing the display driver
package through setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number
737-31577

·Installing an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system
containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display
driver already installed may result in the operating system entering
a continuous reboot. This issue may be averted by removing the ATI graphics
driver prior to the installation of the ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product.
This issue may also be experienced with the ATI Radeon™ X1300 and 1550
series of products. Furtherinformation may be found in topic number 737-33471

·Performing an express install of the Catalyst™ Control Center
may result in an error message being displayed when rebooting the system.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-29532

·Restoring the factory defaults for the Catalyst™ Control Center
may result in the Catalyst™ Control Center title bar intermittently failing
to be redrawn when dragging the interface around the Windows Vista (64
bit version) desktop

·Video playback may occasionally appear shaky or jerky when
playing a recorded video file using a Webcam to record and Quickplay
to playback the file Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color
depth below 16bpp may occasionally result in the secondary display device
failing to redraw properly

·Connecting two or more display devices and enabling either
extended desktop or clone mode may intermittently result in the operating
system failing to respond when running the Auto-tune feature in the Catalyst
Control Center -> OverDrive page. Further details can be found in
topic number 737-37347

·Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may
result in green pixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games.
This issue maybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and
containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-31150

·Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for
Scoundrels using the Cyberlink player may result in block corruption
being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31155

·Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop
mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-34125

·Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color depth
below 16bpp may result in the secondary display device failing to redraw
properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35114

·A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE
to ATSC mode. Further information may be found in topic number 737-27622

·Playing a Blu-ray DVD title may result in corruption being
noticed when using certain display resolutions such as 1360x768, 1360x1024,
or 1600x1200. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35896

·Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop
mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-35766

Known
Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

The following section
provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows
XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

·Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and
playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video
playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-35122

·Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed
by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone
mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display
device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number
737-31166

·The display may be come corrupted with 4 bit color depth after
hot unplugging the rotated primary HDMI/DFP display. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-35116

·Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result
in corruption being noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-31168

·Setting the display resolution to 2560x1200 and playing a DVD
title may occasionally result in corruption being noticed on sub-menu
pages. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37348

·Catalyst™ Control Center: Configuring a system with multi-adapters
may result in an error message being displayed when running the Test
Custom Clocks 737-29953

·Enabling pull down detection in the Catalyst™ Control Center
may result in flickering being noticed when playing a video clip using
the Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-35121

·Enabling pull down detection in the Catalyst Control Center
may result in flickering being noticed when playing a video clip using
the Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-35121

·Avivo Video color settings may fail to be applied in the video
when played using PowerDVD. Further details can be found in topic number
737-37350

·Avivo Video color settings may occasionally fail to be applied
in the video when played using PowerDVD • Enabling pull down detection
in the Catalyst™ Control Center may intermittently result in flickering
being noticed when playing a video clip using the Cyberlink PowerDVD
player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35121

·Playing a DVD title on a display device that is rotated by
90 degrees may occasionally result in the player failing to play the
title. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37351

·Playing a Blu-ray DVD title using PowerDVD may result in the
movie previews appearing corrupted. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-37349

·

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

The following section
provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows
XP Professional x64 Edition operating system in the latest version of
Catalyst™. These include:

·Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the
desktop may result in corruption being noticed. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-29556

For further information and general help
on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI
Customer Care.

Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver

AMD Customer Care

The AMD Customer
Care website provides a high level of technical support and ease of navigation.
The AMD Customer Care website provides accurate and up-to-date product
support for optimum usability and performance. Technical issues are categorized
and personalized to enhance user experience. The AMD Customer Care Website
can be found at: support.ati.com

To
view a known issue or find troubleshooting information, do the following:

1.Go
to ati.amd.com. The AMD home page is displayed.

2.Click
on Support & Drivers. The AMD Support and Drivers web page is displayed.

3.In
the left hand pane, select Graphics Support.

4.In
the top right corner of the Graphics Support page, enter the topic number
or a general description of the issue you are experiencing within the
search field.